prep. 反對(duì);對(duì)…不利;緊靠;以防;
?? gain =against (反對(duì))#詞根助記:反對(duì)
"Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained."
十人投票贊成,五人反對(duì),兩人棄權(quán)。
近義:athwart, agin
pron. (反身代詞)他自己;(用以加強(qiáng)語氣)他親自,他本人;
"Yielding himself to his feelings of worthlessness, he tried to kill himself."
他總是覺得自己一無是處, 便企圖自殺.
近義:herself, him, itself, oneself, themselves, yourself
n. 做壞事的人
近義:highwayman, lawbreaker, malefactor, offender, outlaw, picaroon
adj. 更壞的;惡化的;更厲害的;嚴(yán)重的( bad,ill,badly的比較級(jí));
adv. 更壞地,更糟地;(程度上)更…;
n. 更壞的事物;
"The rooms were awful and the food was worse."
房間很糟糕,吃的更差。
近義:lousy, badder, baddest, punk, worst, awful
反義:higher, paramount, preferable, superior, topmost, upper
n. 行動(dòng),活動(dòng);功能,作用;手段;[法]訴訟;
?? 后綴:ion 構(gòu)成抽象名詞,表示行為,行為的結(jié)果
"The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive."
若要使這些美麗的動(dòng)物能生存下去,現(xiàn)在就要行動(dòng)起來。
近義:movement, advance, implement, start, activate, proceeding
反義:inactivity, ineffectiveness, inertia, rest, inactiveness